Edison schools identify those with disabilities

The Edison Township Public School District has a responsibility to locate, identify and evaluate all resident students with disabilities who are in need of special education and related services, including students with disabilities attending nonpublic schools.

The school district locates, identifies and evaluates, where appropriate, the following: Children below school-entry age (3-5); school-age children; children entering school for the first time; children enrolled in public and private schools; and transfer pupils and school-age children who are eligible to attend school but are not attending school and are residents of the Edison Township School District. Upon written request, the district will conduct an initial identification meeting for any resident child to determine whether a referral for special education and related services is appropriate.

Such a request may be made by contacting Kathleen French, director of pupil-special services for the Edison Township Public Schools, at 732-452-4948 or by writing to her at 312 Pierson Ave., Edison, NJ 08837.

The school district provides special-education and related services for children ages 3 to 21. Information for children with potential disabilities or those with disabilities form birth to age 3 is available through Project Child Find, (a service established by the N.J. Department of Education through IDEA [Individuals With Disabilities Education Act] Part B funds, from the U.S. Department of Education) at 1-800-322-8174.